Mark Twain and youth : studies in his life and writings / edited by Kevin Mac Donnell and R. Kent Rasmussen ; foreword by Hal Holbrook.
"One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special position not only as a distinctly American cultural icon but also as a preeminent portrayer of youth. His famous writings about children and youthful themes are central to both his work and his popularity. The distinguished contr...
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London, UK :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Mark Twain on youth and aging / Holger Kersten
- "Same damned fools" : Mark Twain and the deceptive promise of youth / Lawrence Berkove
- Children's literature in the nineteenth century / Lucy E. Rollin
- Mark Twain's lifelong reading / Alan Gribben
- Sam and his siblings / Henry Sweets
- Sam and Livy as parents / John Bird
- Langdon Clemens and The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Joseph Csicsila
- Susy Clemens : defined by her death / James Golden
- Clara Clemens : the "Bay" / Cindy Lovell
- Jean Clemens : a family reclaimed / Karen Lystra
- A dialogue on Mark Twain's autobiography / Victor Fischer and Benjamin Griffin
- Sam's boyhood friends / Henry Sweets
- Health, disease, and children / K. Patrick Ober
- Mark Twain's angelfish / Barbara Schmidt
- Early stories and sketches / David E.E. Sloane
- The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Peter Messent
- The prince and the pauper / Hugh H. Davis
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Andrew Levy
- Pudd'nhead Wilson / Debra Ann MacComb
- Personal recollections of Joan of Arc / Ronald Jenn
- Gender bending as child's play / Linda A. Morris
- Orphans and adoption / Wendelinus Wurth
- Black and white youth in Mark Twain's Hannibal / Shelley Fisher Fishkin
- Mark Twain and the movies / Mark Dawidziak
- Mark Twain meets Generation Z / Jocelyn A. Chadwick
- A secondary school perspective / John R. Pascal.